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Out On Screen Announces New Executive Director / Plus Virtual Parties, Programs, and Workshops at Vancouver Queer Film Festival August 13-23, 2020

2020 Lineup for Vancouver Queer Film Festival Announced

2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform

YVArcade: Breaking Fast (dir. Mike Mosallam) x VQFF 2020

YVArcade: Goodbye Mother (aka Thưa Mẹ Con Đi) (dir. Trinh Dinh Le Minh) x VQFF 2020

CBC News: Curve Magazine defined lesbian culture for decades — and this film pays loving tribute to its legacy

Radio Canada, Boulevard du Pacifique: Début du Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Radio Canada, Phare Ouest: Mathilde Capone: Regard lesbien sur le consentement

Daily Xtra: 4 LGBTQ2 happenings to wind you up or down right now

Kelowna Capital News: Kelowna-based filmmakers to premiere ‘Punk as Flick’ at Vancouver Queer Film Festival

CTV News: Interview with Elegance Bratton

CBC Radio: Vancouver Queer Film Festival kicks off with documentary about transgender athletes

Breakfast Television: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival Starts Today

The Georgia Straight: At Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Lingua Franca reflects Isabel Sandoval’s delicate approach

CBC News: Pier Kids shows you the world through the eyes of queer homeless youth of colour

YVR Screen Scene Podcast: Luna Ferguson & Florian Halbedl 

CTV Morning Live: Vancouver Queer Film Festival kicks off this week. How independent queer filmmaking is becoming more accessible in B.C.

Loose Lips Magazine: STILL HERE, STILL QUEER: Q&A WITH VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANOUSHKA RATNARAJAH

Vancouver Presents: In conversation with Kim Kinakin & Michael V. Smith

Vancouver Magazine: 5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (August 10-16)

Behind The Scenes: Vancouver Queer Film Festival August 13-23 Announces New Director, Programs & Virtual Parties!

Rick Chung: Queer Trauma – ‘Cicada’ Sleeps Around x VQFF 2020

The Georgia Straight: Out on Screen names Brandon Yan as new executive director prior to 32nd annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival

DailyHive: 8 things to do in and around Vancouver this week: August 10 to 16

What’s On Queer BC: Out on Screen Announces New Executive Director

Vancouver Sun: Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Trans teens push to play their way in new documentary

SAD Magazine: STILL HERE: CATCH VANCOUVER’S QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE AUGUST 13-23

Megaphone Magazine: OUT ON SCREEN AT HOME: View the best in independent LGBT2Q+ cinema online during the 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Vancouver Magazine: Good, Clean Fun: August Culture Picks

NUVO Magazine: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Goes Virtual for 2020

Vancouver Sun: 12 things to do this week, August 6-12

BC Living: Vancouver Adventures: Our Picks for August

Queer Guru: MIKE MOSALLAM and the story of how one gay Muslim falls in love

Miss 604: Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Win Passes

Times of India: An elated Tathagata explains why his film ‘Miss Man’ is so relevant today

CBC News: CBC Vancouver sponsors Western Canada’s largest queer arts event

The Vancouver Arts Review: Anoushka Ratnarajah on a Digital Vancouver Queer Film Festival That is Supporting Queer and Trans Folks of Colour During the Chaos of Covid

BC Arts Alliance: Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival opens with Pier Kids and spans 60 movies from here and across the globe

Inside Vancouver: 2020 Lineup for Vancouver Queer Film Festival Announced!

Taslim Jaffer: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2020 Goes Digital!

Broadway World: VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2020 Lineup Announced; Tickets On Sale Now

On The List: CONTEST: VQFF Returns For 2020 – Virtually

The Source: Vancouver Queer Film Festival – Breaking Fast portrays love and joy as an act of resistance

Times of India: Tathagata’s film ‘Miss Man’ travels to prestigious Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Gay Van: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform

What’s On Queer BC: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform

Surrey 604: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform

The Georgia Straight: Death-defying feats and diversity: Vancouver mountain film festival, East Van feature Bella Ciao!, and queer film fest

Inside Vancouver: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform

Broadway World: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform 

Review Vancouver: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Get ready to party! Guest Directors from Vancouver
and around the world +free events

Vancouver Queer Film Festival – Tickets Now Onsale, Premieres of Local and International Films

Vancouver Queer Film Festival – Opening & Closing Galas, Festival Spotlights

Vancouver Queer Film Festival unveils Festival Creative & Theme, RBC Partnership, Canadian premiere of local film, and Centrepiece Gala Film

VQFF 2019 Artistic Statement

Megaphone Magazine: Queer film comes of age

South Asian Post: Artist Profiles: Anoushka Ratnarajah (Artistic Director for VQFF)

VQFF Turns 30! Out On Screen Announces Festival Dates, 30th Birthday Party and Festival Creative Design

Artists in Residence announced for Vancouver Queer Film Festival; 2018 Festival to spotlight two-spirit identities, trans women on screen, queer artists, and youth

2018 Lineup for Vancouver Queer Film Festival announced; award-winning international, national, and local filmmakers showcased alongside more than 70 films 2018 

Room Magazine: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Reviews (2018)

SAD Mag: What to See: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Hollywood North Magazine: VQFF – Happening Now

APTN (video): Vancouver Queer Film Festival puts a focus on Indigenous film makers | APTN News

CBC – Radio: Desiree Akhavan says The Miseducation of Cameron Post became her ‘ode to rehab’

Vancouver Sun: Vivian Bang explodes onto screen in new film White Rabbit

Vancouver Sun: Yen Tan’s moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Hollywood North Magazine: Exclusive – Christina Willings Creates Beauty VQFF – Octavio is Dead! (Review)

CBC – BC: Inter-generational dialogue about Pride takes shape in short film project

Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Director Yen Tan takes us back to 1985

Vancouver Courier: Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Gender non-conforming kids let their light shine in ‘Beauty’

Surrey604: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Celebrates 30 Years

CBC: 30 years of resilience: Vancouver’s queer film fest illuminates the full beauty of LGBTQ lives

Vancouver Presents: Vancouver Queer Film Festival turns 30

The Star Vancouver: Films by and about transgender people to take centre stage

Vancouver Courier: Vancouver Queer Film Festival celebrates 30 years of queering the narrative

Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2018 gives prominence to Asian filmmakers

Vancouver Courier: Year of the Queer reminds us that not all diversity is visible

Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival’s visibility has grown along with LGBT community

Georgia Straight: It’s our Year of the Queer in Vancouver

Vancouver Sun: Vancouver declares 2018 ‘Year of the Queer’

DailyHive: City of Vancouver to proclaim 2018 as ‘Year of the Queer’

Vancouver Presents: VQFF2018 Event Listing

Davie Village Post: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Turns 30!

Broadway World: Out On Screen Announces Festival Dates

Review Vancouver: VQFF2018 Event Listing

BC Living: Out On Screen/VQFF Turns 30!